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2018 G20 Interfaith Forum Program DETAILED PROGRAM 26 Wednesday, 26 September 2018. Accreditations 8:00 - 8:45 Morning Sessions. Auditorio Manuel Belgrano, Cancillería Argentina, Esmeralda 1212. 8:45 - 9:45 Inaugural Session Video Welcome to Argentina Welcome from Principal Sponsoring Organizations: G20 Interfaith Forum Executive Committee. Brian Adams, Director for Interfaith & Cultural Dialogue, Griffith University, Australia. Etica y Economia. Cristina Calvo, Co-chair Ethics and Economics and Director of the International Program for Democracy, Society and New Economies (PIDESONE-UBA), Argentina. International Shinto Foundation. Representing Dr Haruhisa Handa, Patron of G20 Interfaith Forum, Ambassador Brendan Scannell, Ireland. Message delivered by Kevin O'Brien, Country Director, International Shinto Foundation. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID). Faisal bin Abdulrahman Muaammar, Secretary General, Saudi Arabia. Welcome Address on behalf of Argentine Government Vice President of the Nation, Gabriela Michetti. Greetings Pope Francis, read by Monsignor Carlos Malfa , Secretary General of the Argentine Episcopal Conference. Patriarch Bartholomew (video). Elijah Brown, Secretary General, Baptist World Alliance (video). 9:45 - 11:00 First Plenary Session Religions and Emerging Global Challenges, Part I. The fundamental premise of the G20 Interfaith Forum initiative is that the G20 process can be strengthened by providing a platform for religious voices to identify key policy initiatives for that process and to make constructive recommendations based on the experience and capacity of religious communities. In this year’s Forum, we have the privilege and opportunity of listening to a number of leading figures from major religious traditions around the world, and look forward to benefiting from their experience and their insight into current issues being addressed in the G20 process, as well as from their recommendations as to how more effective collaboration among religions and with public authorities can be achieved. 17 DETAILED PROGRAM 26 Wednesday, 26 September 2018. Chair: Pastor Sonia Skupch, President, Ecumenical Commission of Christian Churches in Argentina (CEICA). Dr. Rowan Williams, Chair of Christian Aid and Former Archbishop of Canterbury, UK Cardinal Pedro Barreto, Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), Peru. Kiran Bali, Global Chair for United Religions Initiative (URI), India. Claudio Epelman, Executive Director, Latin American Jewish Congress, World Jewish Congress, Argentina. Abdullah Al Lheedan, Cultural Exchange Program, Saudi Arabia. 11:00 - 11:15 Musical Interlude 11:15 - 12:30 Religions and Emerging Global Challenges, Part II. Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Quorum of Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, USA. Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, Ecumenical Patriarchate, France. Rev. Dr. Chris Ferguson, General Secretary, World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), Canada. Rev. Gloria Ulloa, President, Latin America and Caribbean World Council of Churches, Colombia. 12:30 - 12:45 Forum Photo 12:45 - 13:30 Reception. Foreign Affairs Ministry 14:30 - 16:00 Second Plenary Session The Future of Work and the Urgent Challenges of Inequality and the Vulnerable. Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel and Convention Center, San Martín 1225/1275. The core agenda for the G20 Interfaith Forum is the central quest for equity and equality, in keeping with the 2030 Global Agenda. This plenary will lay out and explore the central themes. A leading priority set by Argentina for the 2018 G20 is to address the challenge presented by new technologies to ‘sustained inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’ (SDG 8). Traditional work is changing rapidly and education systems must adapt to prepare and train people for life and work in the 21st Century. Religious perspectives can contribute much on the nature of innovation, addressing overt and hidden discrimination, the changing demands of business ethics in a contemporary setting, how to achieve ‘decent work’, education for ‘people on the move’, especially refugees, and to ending different forms of modern slavery. This plenary brings together religious perspectives and others committed to ensuring that the most vulnerable are included in all thinking about work and society and that decent work is a core imperative. How might governments and religious communities work together more effectively to implement decent work and education agendas and end slavery in all its forms? 18 DETAILED PROGRAM 26 Wednesday, 26 September 2018. Chair: Jorge Triaca, Argentine Secretary of Labor. Gustavo Béliz, Inter-American Development Bank, Argentina. Ganoune Diop, General Secretary, International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA), USA. Kevin Hyland, former Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner UK, and former Head of London Metropolitan Police Service’s Human Trafficking Unit, UK. Silvia Mazzarelli, Programs and Network Coordinator for Latin America, Global Network of Religions for Children, Arigatou International, Panama. Juan Somavía, former Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Chile. 14:30 - 14:45 High Level Dialogue on Ethics and Economics Episcopal Conference of Argentina (CEA), Suipacha 1032. Opening of the 4th High Level Dialogue on Ethics and Economics Welcome: Mons. Jorge Lozano, Archbishop of San Juan, Episcopal Commission of Social Pastoral of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina (CEA), Argentina. Cristina Calvo –Co-chair Ethics and Economics and Director of the International Program for Democracy, Society and New Economies (PIDESONE-UBA), Argentina. Humberto Shikiya, Board of Directors, CREAS - ACT ALIANZA, Argentina. 14:45 - 16:00 International Financial Architecture The international financial architecture should promote the inclusion of the most disadvantaged people in contexts of multifaceted inequalities to favor conditions in the real economy and not in the speculative financial market. The UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System initiated by United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) has reaffirmed that the global financial system needs reshaping to finance an inclusive, prosperous and environmentally sound future. This panel explores different contributions to transform the international financial architecture, for an economy of life and sustainable development. Chair: Elena López Ruf, Coordinator for “Religion and Development”, Centro Ecuménico de Asesoría y Servicio (CREAS), Argentina. Armando Di Filippo, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America – (UN ECLAC). Rev. Darío Barolín, Executive Secretary, Alliance of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches of Latin America (AIPRAL), Uruguay. Ignacio Carballo, Professor in Financial Inclusion, Microfinance and Development, Catholic University of Argentina (UCA). 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break 19 DETAILED PROGRAM 26 Wednesday, 26 September 2018. 16:30 - 17:45 Sheraton Buenos Aires Hotel and Convention Center, San Martín 1225/1275. Parallel session 2.1. Dignified Work. Over a lifetime, a large percentage of an individual’s time will be spent in a workplace. Division, argument, unhappiness and dissent can potentially compromise the effectiveness of any business or organization. This session will consider strategies which can be deployed to promote the concept of dignity in the workplace, with particular reference to religion and belief. Key issues include non-discriminatory hiring and firing, religious dress, dietary requirements, washing and praying, and holy days and days of rest. The future of work cannot be fully addressed without taking into account sensitivities of religious workers and religious employers. Employers need to be religiously literate and sensitive to those actually or potentially in their employ. Employees need to be sensitive to religious issues that sometimes affect their employers and often affect co-workers. Through it all, there is a growing need to develop appropriate principles for striking a fair balance among the interests of all concerned. Chair: Carlos Custer, Former Secretary General, World Confederation of Labour (WCL), Argentina. Richard Foltin, Senior Scholar for Religious Freedom, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute, USA. Mark Hill, Honorary Professor of Law, Cardiff University; formerly Visiting Fellow at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Extraordinary Professor, The University of Pretoria, UK. Juan Martin Vives, Director, Center for Studies on Law and Religion, Universidad Adventista Del Plata, Argentina. Parallel session 2.2. Religion, Business & Sustainable Development. Business is a powerful force for improving the lives of people around the world. And many business people are motivated by faith. They can view life holistically, where what they do from Monday to Friday flows from their religious convictions. Such holism can impact not only their ethics but also their priorities and practice. This multi-faith panel of business leaders will discuss the practical challenges at the intersection of religion and business, the difficulties they face as people of faith who also have to make a profit, and ways business and religious leaders can work together to strengthen human rights, sustainable development and reach the most vulnerable in our communities. Chair: Brian Grim, President, Religious Freedom and Business Foundation, USA. Mohamed Amersi, Founder & CEO of Emergent Telecom Ventures; Head of the Amersi Foundation. Eduardo
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